On 31 Jul, 03:47, Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Jul 31, 12:28 am, "John Horobin"
wrote:



"Will Hand" wrote in message

...
when 80F was headline news!

The 70s actually had some baking summers, e.g '75 and '76 both with
tenperatures
in the low 30s in the south.

Will

I remember 1976 well - bright sunny days for weeks in the midlands. What I
don't remember is feeling too hot - I don't think the humidity as was high
as it seems nowadays - anybody got any figures on this?

JOhn

The humidity was mostly pretty low in the 1976 summer but in
1975, August in particular, it was very hot and humid. But I don't
remember feeling all that bothered about it because in Aug 75 I was
half my present age and that makes a big difference. I don't think
there was another decent summer in the 70's, even by the standards of
those times.

I was living in Bracknell in those years and remember 1976 for the
numerous fires in the heath and woodland surrounding the town,
suggesting a very dry summer.

Martin


Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.